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Wakefield Christmas Lights Switch-On 2018: Here’s everything you need to know

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London No 10 Manchester Steet Hotel and Bicester Village package.

Feeling like celebrities at London No. Ten Manchester Street Hotel and Bicester Village

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Merran McRae

Celebrating women in leadership

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YIFA will play at Ossett United this Sunday

Big crowd expected as Yorkshire team makes Ossett debut this weekend

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Children in Need 2018: These are the Wakefield projects supported by your donations

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Free testing for HIV around Wakefield as HIV Week highlights need for awareness

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Charles Bronson not guilty of attacking prison governor at HMP Wakefield

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Yorkshire drivers facing some of the most dangerous roads in the UK

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Englands landfill sites will burst their banks in as little as four years

Our landfills could be full in just four years as waste continues to pile up

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Ferrybridge workers go on strike over fire safety dispute

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Repairing Wakefield’s roads: Here’s where you think needs the most attention

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The road in Horbury remains closed this morning.

Wakefield road remains closed after crash

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The crash happened earlier this morning, closing the road in both directions for several hours.

Road re-opened after crash between car and motorbike

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Junction 31a of the M6. Picture: Google.

Men from Wakefield and Ossett arrested after two die in crash on motorway

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Wakefield Kirkgate Railway station

Extra parking spaces at Kirkgate Station ‘unlikely’

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Crime More Crime >>

Charles Bronson not guilty of attacking prison governor at HMP Wakefield

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Britain's most notorious prisoner, Charles Bronson.

Charles Bronson tells Leeds Crown Court attempt GBH trial jury he is ‘innocent’

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A talk on knife crime was given to students.

Students in Wakefield given knife crime warning talk

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Concerns about modern slavery

Modern slavery taking place in plain sight on Yorkshire streets

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Education More Education >>

Claims social workers asked government to take over Wakefield Council's children's services

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Jerry Clay Academy landed a gold artsmark award

Gold mark for Jerry Clay Academy embracing the arts

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Wakefield Town Hall

How warning signs over Wakefield Council's inadequate children's services may have been missed

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County Hall, Wakefield

Reliance on agency workers costs Wakefield Council £2million

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The number of children classed at risk of exploitation has spiralled from 1 in 2016 to above 80 in October 2018.

More than 80 Wakefield children at risk of sexual exploitation

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Business More Business >>

Repairing Wakefield’s roads: Here’s where you think needs the most attention

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The road in Horbury remains closed this morning.

Wakefield road remains closed after crash

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The crash happened earlier this morning, closing the road in both directions for several hours.

Road re-opened after crash between car and motorbike

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Wakefield Kirkgate Railway station

Extra parking spaces at Kirkgate Station ‘unlikely’

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Politics More Politics >>

What to do with your old poppy? How to recycle your poppy

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Wakefield Town Hall

How warning signs over Wakefield Council's inadequate children's services may have been missed

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County Hall, Wakefield

Reliance on agency workers costs Wakefield Council £2million

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Wakefield's children's services was rated inadequate by Ofsted in July.

Under pressure children's services set to get more cash

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Yorkshire metro mayor Dan Jarvis says failure to focus on devolution in Budget is "another missed opportunity"

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Environment More Environment >>

Our landfills could be full in just four years as waste continues to pile up

Environment

You can help the poppy appeal further by recycling your poppy

What to do with your old poppy? How to recycle your poppy

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Campaigners demonstrate outside County Hall.

Rudd Quarry in Normanton fails in extension plans after Altofts Junior School pupils object

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Wakefield MP Mary Creagh fears the Government is not making the rights commitments to the environment post-Brexit.

Environment at risk of legal protections ‘hole’ - Wakefield MP Mary Creagh warns

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Health More Health >>

Free testing for HIV around Wakefield as HIV Week highlights need for awareness

Health

Friends and family go the extra mile for Lydia

Wakefield friends and family go the extra mile for Lydia

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Wakefield NHS spending more on diabetes prescriptions, figures reveal

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Cases of syphilis in Wakefield have doubled since 2012

Syphilis warning after STI outbreaks in Wakefield

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Michelle and Stuart Jackson.

Feature: ‘My whole future has been wiped out...’

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